Number one in electric vehicles in Reunion, the Caillé Group has signed a partnership contract with longboard world champion Alice Lemoigne, committed to protecting the lagoon and beaches.
It was thirty years ago. The Caillé group gave birth to the “Les Talents Caillé” foundation with the aim of helping young Reunion Island athletes to break through.. Caillé positioned itself as a precursor of local sports sponsorship. “Reunion was full of budding champions but who lacked the means to show what they were worth and were stuck here. We decided to help one per discipline by creating a scholarship allowing them to go outside. We have contributed to the blossoming of a certain number of talents. We are starting again today with Alice Lemoigne” welcomed François Caillé on February 24 at the signing of the partnership established with the longboard world champion.
We of course think of three big names from Reunion Island in sport whose early careers were supported by the former Talents Caillé foundation.. Squash champion Thierry Lincou. He was eight years old when he held his first squash racket in Reunion. Became a professional player, he will be the world number one in the discipline in 2004 and 2005, first player not from a Commonwealth country to reach this top spot.
Patrice Casimir, the pommel specialist, whose successes and personality helped to popularize gymnastics in France. Triple champion of France, he will see the bronze medal escape him by a hair at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but obtained it at the European Championship of the same year. Finally, Anne-Gaëlle Hoarau, champion of France, European champion and vice-world champion of surfing. Unforgettable champion of the Vania Trophée Féminin in Saint-Leu in 1992.
Respect for the environment
Another era, other context. Groupe Caillé does not strictly speaking become the sponsor of Alice Lemoigne. The young woman now works within the TCO, the community of western communes, as a nautical animation and sustainable development agent. She puts her youth and her prestige at the service of respect for the environment by raising awareness, young people in particular, to protect the lagoon and beaches. She also works on this topic with marina service providers.. On a sporting level, she chooses to continue training in Reunion.
Groupe Caillé provides an electric Peugeot 2008. Alice Lemoigne also received a check for 10,000 euros from François Caillé. She thus becomes the face of Peugeot’s “Move to electric” in Reunion.. As a reminder, Groupe Caillé is number one on the local electric vehicle market. There is therefore a lot of sense in associating the promotion of automobile electrics with, on the one hand to the environmental policy of the TCO, on the other hand to a surfer living in symbiosis with the sea like Alice Lemoigne.
Alice Lemoigne, an impressive track record
Alice Lemoigne, 25 ans, discovered surfing at 6 years old, longboarding at 12… Five times French champion, seven times European champion, she rose to the firmament in 2019 by also becoming individual world champion, Nations world champion and Longboard relay world champion… In April, she sets out to regain her title of European champion in Portugal. Then in August it will be England and the United States for the World Championship. Without forgetting his participation in the championships of Reunion and France. Support Alice Lemoigne, it is “an honor for our territory” summarized Emmanuel Séraphin, president of the TCO.
